Elsenham Flower Show Society will celebrate its 38th Flower Show in 2025
Don’t forget, this is our village – our FLOWER SHOW
2025 Flower Show Schedule and Competition Entry Form
The Flower Show, as always, will be in the Memorial Hall on August 16th 2.30-4.30pm. You will find the list of competitions here and in April's Elsenham News along with the entry form. These will also be available from the Post Office. So if you would like to show us your wonderful flower displays and vegetables that you have grown, your baking and handicraft skills, then please enter, and of course teas and cake will be available.
There will not be an Open Garden this year as they are held every two years, so if you are thinking about opening your garden it will be next year 2026.
The Plant Sale was held in the Memorial Hall on 17th May 10am - 2pm. If the weather is fine a few stalls will be outside in the Memorial Garden. There will be a good variety of both Flowers and Vegetables available. The committee and a few volunteer helpers will soon be busy planting seeds for the Show. If you would like to donate or grow any plants, for our Plant Sale, that would be wonderful and gratefully accepted. Please contact either Sue Waite or Lynda Jolly with the names/variety of the plants you will supply. If you require any small plant pots we can supply them.
ALL proceeds from the Plant Sale go to the costs of the Flower Show in August.
Chris, Sue, Lynda, Doug, Brian and Lynda - your EFSS committee members
EFSS AGM Friday 17th January 2025 in the Memorial Hall at 8pm
The 2024 Flower Show Saturday 17th August in the Memorial Hall at 2.30pm.
The schedule for the 2024 Flower Show can be found here & on pages 25, 27 - 30 of July 2024 Elsenham News
Open Gardens Day, Sunday 30th June, 11am - 5pm.
There are some new gardens opening their gates this year. You will find information on the roads where gardens will be open below. There is a one-off entrance fee of £3 per adult, which is taken at the first garden you choose to visit. You will then receive a yellow booklet, with information on all the gardens that are open and a introduction from the garden owners outlining relevant information to do with their garden, which you should find useful. Please show this booklet on entering every garden you visit.
Some gardens may have refreshments, for a small donation. I hope you can come along and enjoy seeing all the different gardens in the Village and this may inspire or assist you with your own garden. Hopefully, summer will arrive soon and we can all enjoy our gardens more.
Alsa Leys (off New Road, opposite the station) 1 garden
New Road 3 gardens
Station Road 3 gardens
Park Road (( by the Pump House) 1 garden
High Street Nr the School 1 garden
Franklin Drive (off Stansted Road ) 1 garden
Sant Road (off Franklin Drive) 1 garden
Purcell Close (off Sant Road).
All will have Yellow signs in window or in front of house.
Every year, in May, we hold a Plant Sale to help raise funds to put on the Show in August.
This year the Plant Sale will be in the Memorial Hall on Saturday 18th May 10am - 2pm.
As usual we have already begun sowing the seeds and taking cuttings for a large range of vegetable and flowering plants ready for the sale in May.
Please refer to our Elsenham Flower Show Society (EFSS) Facebook page for the latest information about the Plant Sale.
Please let us know if you would like any pots, or have small pots you don’t need, we can always use them.
FLOWER SHOW SOCIETY Winners 2023
Flower Show - Saturday 19 August 2023 in the Memorial Hall and Marquee on the Playing Field.
If you look at the schedule, you will see the different classes there are to enter, ranging from flowers, vegetables, and fruit, as well as baking, produce, flowerarranging, handicraft and photography classes, including five different children's classes.
You don’t have to be a gardener to enter. Lots of you are photographers, many of you are bakers – both male and female, many of you are a whizz at handicraft and flower arranging. So, why not give it a go? It’s fun and easy to enter. If you start thinking now, you can be organised by August!
Exhibits for the show should be brought along to the Memorial Hall on show
morning between the hours of 9am and 10.45am. If you wish to enter any of the
produce, handicraft or photography classes but will be away at the time of the
show, again, just give us a ring and we will be happy to put your exhibit on display
for you. This also applies to any children wishing to enter, as we do realise that the
show is held during prime school holiday time. We do not want our village children
to miss out!
The Top Tray/Top Vase classes will be sponsored by the Flower Show Society,
with garden vouchers as prizes.
The show opens to the public at 3pm. with an Auction of Produce (beautiful vegetables, flowers, jams,
chutneys and even some cakes) and Prize Giving taking place at around 4.30pm.
Please do come along and support us!
Don’t forget, this is our village – our FLOWER SHOW SOCIETY
Every year, in May, we hold a Plant Sale to help raise funds to put on the Show in August.
As usual we have already begun sowing the seeds and taking cuttings for a large range of vegetable and flowering plants ready for the sale in May.
Please refer to our Elsenham Flower Show Society (EFSS) Facebook page for the latest information about the Plant Sale.
Thanks to all our wonderful growers and supporters who provided so many plants last year, the proceeds from the Plant Sale went a long way towards the cost of putting on the Flower Show in August.
Please let us know if you would like any pots, or have small pots you don’t need, we can always use them.
Elsenham Flower Show 2022
The Winners!!! Congratulations!!!
The Flower Show Society organises a bi-annual Elsenham Open Gardens event
ELSENHAM OPEN GARDENS 2022
SUNDAY 26th JUNE 2022 , 11.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. (please note longer opening time)
- A treat for all in the village is our long-awaited Open Gardens Day.
- If you are relatively new to Elsenham, we hope this event will give you an opportunity to explore a bit more of our lovely village.
- You will need to pick up a leaflet at any one of the gardens which are opening.
- These will all be marked with a Yellow Sign “GARDEN OPEN TODAY”.
- Due to the fact that we have a total of 12 gardens opening (in New Road, Station Road, De Mandeville Road, Park Road, Robin Hood Road, Gilbey Cottages, also Franklin Drive and Sant Close in Elsenham Vale), the gardens will now be open two hours longer than in previous years..
- Teas will be served in Station Road in the front garden of Le Touquet and a toilet is available here as well, in case of need!
- The price per adult is £3.00 (accompanied children, free) and you can pay at the first garden you visit.
- The programme will give you entry to all gardens. It includes a map showing the location of the gardens which are open.
- Look out for the YELLOW SIGNS along the way.
- We are sorry, but no dogs are allowed in the gardens.
- Proceeds from the Open Gardens will help with staging our Flower Show, which takes place at the Memorial Hall on the Playing Field on Saturday 20th August.
Elsenham Flower Show 2021
“A Decorated Ladybird House"
The Winners!!!!
The entries
Overall winner Alex Lucas
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